Re: park, was *pVs- for cat

At 6:03:57 AM on Friday, September 16, 2011, Tavi wrote:

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> Matasović also mentions French garenne 'rabbit-warren,
> fishing preserve', dialectal varenne 'wilderness' < Med.
> Lat. warenna (a feudal law term which designated a hunting
> preserve), as a possible loanword from Gaulish
> *war(r)enna:, as a derivated from the above root. Although
> he sees this etymology as "doubtful", he missed Old Irish
> ferann, ferenn 'field or grave surrrounded by a hedge or a
> stone wall' (Coromines), which secures it.

That definition is over-specific. OIr <ferann> is 'land,
domain, territory, of a definite area, large or small',
generally used of land possessed by an individual, tribe, or
nation. The examples in the DIL clearly show this wide
range of application. OIr <ferenn> is 'a band or thong',
used of a belt or garter.

Brian